Well, unless you've been living under a rock, or better yet, on another planet; you've been affected by the little disease plaguing the world at the moment, Coronavirus. And because of this, many of us have been forced to...
Well, unless you've been living under a rock, or better yet, on another planet; you've been affected by the little disease plaguing the world at the moment, Coronavirus. And because of this, many of us have been forced to self-isolate for a long period of time to help slow the spread and flatten the curve. This, unfortunately, meant that a lot of us had to spend our Easter long-weekends, indoors and alone.
This year would have been the first time in three years that I would have Easter free from the stress of work. My parents were meant to fly over to London where we were meant to spend this weekend in Paris, France and then make our way to Edinburgh, Scotland. For the first time in a while, I was happy and content with where I was at in life. I was just beginning to get a solid social life having met an abundance of new people, I had (and still do) an amazing job that lets me do what I love with truly awesome people, I moved to a new place that was allowing me to save more money. It was all falling into place but then, of course, a world pandemic had to arrive at my doorstep and put everything on pause and I know that I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Little known to many people, Easter is actually my favourite holiday. I love the way it brings people together without all the same pressure that Christmas does. You buy a few chocolates for your friends and family, still, stuff your face and eat what you want, oh and that 4-day long weekend is also a great bonus! So what was I to do with myself for four days, alone in London with nothing to do. Well, I did what any normal person would do... I turned on Netflix and ate a box of chocolates. Well, there was one other thing... With the new friends that I had made over here in London, because of this, quite a few of them had to move back to Australia and the rest of us stayed over here in the UK. At 12:30pm, Easter Sunday, I turned on my computer, opened zoom, sent a link, grabbed a cider and talked to the girls for a solid two and a half hours. With everything going on and lots of us by ourselves, I thought that it was important that we all talked at one point over Easter. It's holiday's like this that make us crave social interaction so THANK GOD for video chat! Without it, we wouldn't be able to see the people we love, their faces, reactions, facial expressions, body language.
Times like this are testing, so it's important to check in on people, not just the ones you talk to day in and day out, but to also check up on others. Your neighbours, the people that you've lost touch with, that old mate you use to play football with. We need to prove to the world that not even a global pandemic can bring us down, even on a chocolate filled holiday.
